Note 18 — Chapter III · GREEK COMEDY ON THE ROMAN STAGE
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On Roscius, see Von der Mühll in Pauly-Wiss. sub. voc., 1123. There is no evidence whatever for the traditional conjecture that Roscius and Aesopus were freedmen. The sister of Roscius married into a well-known family. Aesopus was probably a Greek who, like Archias, had been given citizenship in some municipality as an honor. His position at Rome was such that it is impossible to suppose that he had ever been a slave.